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Pinetop Perkins

American musician Joe Willie Perkins, who became known as Pinetop Perkins after he recorded a song titled 'Pinetop's Boogie Woogie', was regarded as the premier blues pianist of all time with a career that lasted some 80 years until his death aged 97 in 2011. He had turned from guitar to the piano only because of a wound to his hand when he was 39 but he ended up playing with all the great blues artists and remained a celebrated performer and recording artist throughout his life. Honoured for Lifetime Achievement by the Grammy Awards in 2005, he became the oldest winner of a Gram...